The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-22
THE ERA OF PEACE.
sfr. Grady's Grand Grafton and "ITarpcr's
weckly's" Hearty Comments Upon IT.
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sfr. Grady's Grand Grafton ana "ITnrpcr's
weckiy's" Hearty Commcnts Upon II.
The new South has found striking
and significant expression in the APP
pcarance of Mr.. Trenholm, of South
Carolina, the Comptroller of the Cur
roncy, and Mr.. Grady, of Georgia, the
editor of the Atlanta Constitution, as
guests at the annual dinner of the New
England Society, in Philadelphia and
New York respectively. The strain of
remark at these noted dinners Is al-
ways patriotic, and the speeches natur-
ally TEEN with glowing and tender allu-
sions to the civil war and the Union sol
diers. 1t was signal sign, therefore,
of the actual situation that two of the
strongest Confcdcratcs should rise in
the midst of such Northern company
us gather Mt these dinners, and by their
personal bearing no less than by the
carncstness and eloquence of their
speeches should show to the most skep-
tical what worthy foes they had been,
and what sincere friends they are.
To these distinguished orators who
in the two great cities spoke for the
new South must be added Mr.. James
Phelan, of Tennessee, who is Just
elected to Congress in the Memphis
district, and who in his own district
and among his own Southern fellow
citizens proved himself to be, with Mr..
Trenholm and Mr.. Grady, man of
1rD nI 81 ,,1 az
views. All of these gentlemen, it must
be understood, speak as men who,
without remuneration of their local feel
ing, of their State pride or of their
honor and affection for the men with
whom they stood fast for what they
held to be true cause, own without
reservation its defeat and the conse-
quent total change of conditions in the
life around them. Thus Mr.. Phelan
says:
"Bittcr to my taste as were the results of the
civil war; day after day has rcconciled me to
them, and convinced me of the wisdom of cheer
ful submission to the will OF Him who brought
them about. The union of these States has
| been preserved and declared indissoluble A
great and disturbing constitutional question
has boon finally and forever settled, and slavery
| has been forever abolished: IL no longer tar.
| nishes the fair fame OF u great and free Repub-
| lie. Because it was involved in the question OF
| constitutional right fought four years in its
| defense. tell you now, upon the honor of my
| manhood, that would fight eight years, though
my hairs are white. against any attempt to re-
instate it in any portion of this continent"
Mr.. Grady's speech was one of the
most striking that have been delivered
by any citizen of Southern State since
the war. 1t was very eloquent His
tribute to Abraham Lincoln was very
impressive, and the effect of his address
delivered to that New England com.
pany will be most serviceable to the
country:
Great types, like valuable plants, are slow
to flower and fruit, but from the union Of these
| colonies came he who stands us the first typicn
| American, the first who comprehcnded within
| himself all the strength and greatness all tn,
| majesty and grace OF this Republic-Abrahan
Lincoln. He was the sum of Puritan and Cava
| lier, for In his ardent nature were fused thu
virtues of both, and in the depths of his grea
soul the faults OF both were lost; but he wa
| greater than Puritan, greater than Cavalier, II
that he was American, and In that In his home
| ly form were first gathered the vast and ster
ling forces Of this Republic, charging it with sucl
| ilCuHluS iuu SO cltNutlIb IL uUONi
| human suffering that mnrtyrdom. though in
| famously aimed, came as fitting crown to
life consecrated from the cradle to human lii
crty."
Mr.: Grady said also:
The relations OF the Southern people wit
the negro are close and cordial. We rememhe
with what fidelity he guarded our defenccles
women and children, whose husbands and futl
ers were fighting against his freedom. TO hi
eternal credit be IL said that whenever h
struck blow for his own liberty he fought 1
open battle, and when ut last hc raised hi
black and humble hands that the shackle
might be struck off. those hands were innocer
of wrong against his helpless charges, an
worthy to be taken in loving grasp by ever
man who honors loyalty and devotion. Ru
fans have maltrcatcd him, rascals have misle
him. but his treatment in the South to-day
an honorable protest against injustice TO thi
simple and sincere people. Faith has bee
kept with him In spite OF calumnious assertion
to the contrary by those who assume to spea
for us or by frank opponents. Faith will b
kept with him in the future IL the South hold
her reason and integrity. The new South
enamored OF her new work. Her soul is stirre
with the breath Of new life. AS she stands
full-statured and equal among the people of tn
earth, breathing the keen air and looking ol
upon the limitless HORIZON, she understand
that her emancipation came because, in the IL
scrut0ble wisdom Of God. her honest purpos
was crossed and her brave armies bcater
This is said in no spirit OF time-scrving nn
apology. l should be unjust to the South IL
did not make this plain in this presence"
His closing appeal to New Englan
whether she will "pcrmit the prejr
dice of the war to remain in the heart
of the conquerors when it has died il
the hearts of the conquered" was mos
touching and impressive. New Englan
certainly would be recreant to her ow
best impulses if the appeal were nc
answered in the same manly and frient
; ly spirit in which it is made. Harper
: Wechly.
The Brave Forgive.
"What answer has New England t
this messagc!?" asked Henry W. Grad
in his "New South" address. wi
she permit the prejudice of war to II
Iiain in the hearts of the congucro